Bausch CEO Is in Play for His Next Top Job

By

Jonathan D. Rockoff And

Joann S. Lublin

June 7, 2013 6:05 p.m. ET

Now that he found a buyer for Bausch & Lomb, Chief Executive Brent Saunders has his sights on a new corner office, say people familiar with the matter. His next CEO stint might involve a much bigger player than the eye-products maker.

Mr. Saunders, a former Schering-Plough executive who took the helm of Bausch in 2010, steered the company from manufacturing problems, accounting missteps and a lackluster pipeline of new products to...